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A28235	A looking-glass for the times being a tract concerning the original and rise of truth and the original and rise of Antichrist : showing by pregnant instances of Scripture, history, and other writings, that the principles and practices of the people called Quakers in this day and their sufferings are the same as were the principles and practices of Christ and His apostles ... / by George Bishope.	Bishop, George, d. 1668.	1668 (1668)	Wing B2998; ESTC R14705	345,237	250

Commodus ceases Anno. 182. Euseb lib. 5. cap. 10. The Persecution under Verus who succeeded Verus towards us so that peace was granted through the Grace of God unto the Universal Church throughout the World and the Heavenly Doctrine led the mind saith he of all mortal men to the embracing of the true Religion of the only and Universal God so that many of the Nobles of Rome drew near Many Nobles and others embrace the Christian Faith to their Souls Health and Salvation together with their whole Houses and Families Yet Apollonius a man saith Eusebius Yet Apollonius confessing himself a Christian before the Senate upon the importunity of the Judge among the Faithful at that time for Learning and Philosophy very famous was brought before the Tribunal Seat who exhibiting before the Senate in the presence of them all a notable Apology for his Faith when the Judge Perennius had earnestly and with many words intreated him after he had though the Legs of him that accused him were broken according to the Law yet sentenced his Legs to be broken who accused him according to the Decree of the Emperor that the Accusers of the Christians should die the death to render an account of his Faith before the Senate on purpose to entrap him by decree of the Senate he was beheaded was beheaded The antient decree of the Senate being of force and prevailing among them viz. that the Christians that were once presented before the Tribunal Seat and not revoking their Opinion should no more be set at liberty As the same Eusebius in the same Chapter word for word at large rehearseth Severus was the fifth upon whose Theatre of Blood is placed the fifth Severus raised Anno. 204. the fifth Persecution Persecution He succeeded Didius Julianus who succeeded Pertinax whose Reigns are said to be short Pertinax two months and two and twenty dayes Didius Julianus called also Salvius two months Comodus having reigned thirteen years before them both This Severus was most severe as is his Name and a wicked Persecutor An account of him his cruelty and wickedness and caused multitudes of rare men in their day and others to be most cruelly tormented and put to death the matter is long to be particular therein and the particular sufferings I may say hardly to be reckoned Therefore minding brevity so far as well I can and reach the intent of what I am about I shall give a touch or two of what then hapned for the satisfaction of the Reader and to give some sence of what then was suffered When Severus persecuted the Church of God saith Eusebius there were Euseb l. 6. c 1. Eusebius his account of the Persecution every where famous Martyrdoms of such as strove for godliness but especially at Alexandria whither chosen Champions out of Egypt and all Thebay as unto a most notable Theatre of God were brought and after a most patient sufferance of sundry Torments and divers kinds of death were crowned with Garlands of Immortality Leonides the Father of Origen Leonides Origens Father beheaded was one who was here beheaded Severus having governed the Empire ten years and Laetus Alexandria and the rest of Egypt and Demetrius after Julianus had newly taken upon him the oversight of the Congregation there Origen also when the heat of persecution was very vehement and an infinite Origens friendliness to the Martyrs Euseb l. 6. c 2. number as saith the Historian were Crowned with Martyrdom being yet very young bore in his mind a fervent desire of Martyrdom so that he hazarded himself often and coveted voluntarily to thrust himself into that dangerous Combate yea narrowly did he escape for it had cost him his life had not the Divine and Celestial Providence of God saith the History stayed him by reason of his Mother to the further commodity and profit of many he then being able to do no other thing wrote to his Father in Prison being more prompt in mind then ripe in years as the History saith in the which he exhorted him thus O Father faint not nor imagine amiss because His prompting his Father to Martyrdō of us Under Aquila Lievtenant of Alexandria he purchased unto himself a good Opinion among all the faithful in that he chearfully embraced all the Martyrs not onely of his acquaintance but such as were to him unknown he visited not only such as were fettered in deep Dungeons and close His visiting the Prisoners and attending them to execution Imprisonment neither only such as looked for the last Sentence for Execution but after Judgment given and Sentence pronounced he was present with the Martyrs boldly attending them to the place of Execution putting himself in great peril oftentimes boldly embracing and kissing and saluting them so that once the furious rage of the fond multitude had stoned him to death if that the Divine Power saith the Historian had not marvellously delivered him so extreamly it is said he was dealth withal by the Infidels that Souldiers were commanded to watch about his House because of the multitude that came to be instructed by him in the Christian Faith Plutarch was one of Cap. 3. Plutarch Serenus Heraclides Heron Serenus 2d all his scholars Martyred his Scholars whom he accompanied to the place of Execution not without great danger of his life Serenus was the next of his Disciples that gave proof of his Faith by fire for he was burned alive being said to be the second Martyr Heraclides was the third out of that School The fourth was Heron both of which were beheaded Another Serenus was a fifth Champion for the Truth out of the same School who after patience in great torments and grievous pain was beheaded And Phais a Woman was Phais burned Cap. 4. Basilides a Souldier Potomiena burned alive and departed this life Basilides a Souldier which led forth the renowned Virgin Potomiaena to execution was a seventh Potomiaena is said for the chastity of her Body and purity of Mind to strive very stoutly with her Lovers She is also said to be endued with ripeness of Mind and goodly beauty of Body When she had suffered infinitely as the Historian saith for the Faith of Christ last of all after great and grievous torments terrible to be spoken of together with her Mother Marcilla she was Marcilla Martyred burned with fire and consumed to Ashes the report goeth saith the History that Aquila the Judge commanded her whole Body to be scourged over and that very sore and threatned her he would deliver her Body shamefully to be abused of Fencers and Ruffians and that after she had mused a while with her self and they demanded an Answer to have said such things as pleased not the Gentiles and therefore immediately after sentence pronounced to have been taken and led of Basilides a Souldier of Authority among the Hoast to execution when the multitude molested her sore spightfully handling

of his wits and Maximinianus depose themselves which bereaved him of his wits together with Maximinianus the second to him after they had been Emperors for the space of twenty years as aforesaid deposed themselves and lived a private life from which time to his end Dioclesian wasted and pined Dioclesian wasts away with Diseases Maximinian hangs himself Constantius and Maximinus sole Emperors away with Diseases and Maximinian hanged himself Constantinus and Maximinus then took the sole government of the Empire which had before four Princes at one time governing Constantius was very friendly and Persecution on his hand loosened from the Christians Maximinus persecuted them sorely though at Maximinus sorely plagued in his body at Tarsus times he would seem to be otherwise minded The Hand of God pursued him so that at Tarsus a great plague fell upon him first taking hold in his flesh and afterwards proceeding to the very Soul for there arose suddenly in the secret parts of his body an impostume or running sore afterwards in the lower part of his Privities a botchy corrupt Boyl with a Fistula whence issued out with a Botch corrupt matter eating up the inward bowels and an unspeakable multitude of Lice swarming out and breathing a deadly stench and Lice and stench when as the corpulency of the whole body through abundance of meat before the Disease came was turned into superfluous grosness and then being grown into matter yeelded an intolerable and horrible spectacle to the beholders wherefore of the Which flew some of his Physicians Physitians some being not able to digest that wonderful noysome stench were slain some other when there remained no hope of Others were executed because they could not help recovery by reason of the swelling throughout the whole body being not able to help at all with their Physick were cruelly executed themselves Whilst the Hand and Plague of God was on him and he lay in his miserable plight he pondered with himself the rash enterprises he had practised against the Worshippers of God Cap. 18. In this plight he repents confesses to God Commands persecution to cease wherefore returning unto himself first he confesses his sins to God next calling upon him such as were about him he gave commandment that with all speed they should cease from persecuting the Christians and that by Decree and Commandment of the Emperor they should build again their Churches and that they should meet often to celebrate their wonted Ceremonies and pray for the life of the Emperor And immediately that And desires Prayers of the Christians for his life The Proclamations hastned which by word he commanded was indeed brought to pass The Proclamations of the Emperor were published throughout the Cities containing a recantation of those things formerly prejudicial unto the Christians in this form The Emperor Caesar Maximinus Puissant Magnificent chief Lord The Copy of the Edict Lord of the Thebais Lord of Salmatia five times Conqueror of Persia Lord of Germany Lord of Egypt twice Conqueror of the Carpyans six times Conqueror of the Armenians Lord of the Medes Lord of the Adiabeni twenty times Tribune nineteen times general Captain eight times Consul Father of the Countrey Proconsul And the Emperor Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantius some read Constantius but it is not so found in the Greek Vertuous Fortunate Puissant Noble chief Lord general Captain and Tribune five times Consul Father of the Countrey Proconsul Among other things which we have decreed for the Commodity and profit of the Common Wealth our pleasure is first of all to order and redress all things according to the antient Laws and Discipline of the Romans and withal to use this provisoe That the Christians which have forsaken the Religion of their Ancestors should be brought again to the right way for after a certain humour of singularity such an Opinion of excellency puffed them up that those things which their Elders had received and allowed they rejected and disallowed devising every man such Laws as they thought good and observed the same assembling in divers places great multitudes of people Wherefore when as our Edict was proclaimed that they should return unto the Ordinance of their Elders divers standing in great danger felt the penalty thereof and many being troubled therefore endured all kinds of death And because we perceive many as yet to persist in the same madness in their yeelding due worship to the Caelestial Godds nor regarding the God of the Christians having respect unto our benignity and godly custom pardoning all men according to our wonted guise we thought good in this case to extend our gracious and favourable clemency that the Christians may be tollerated again and that they may repair again the places where they meet together so that they do nothing prejudicial to publick Order and Discipline We mean to prescribe unto the Judges by another Epistle what they shall observe Wherefore as this our gracious Pardon deserveth let them make intercession to their God for our Health for the Common Weal and for themselves that in all places the Affairs of the publick Weal may be safely preserved and that they themselves may live securely in their own houses I have mentioned this Edict or Proclamation the rather that men The reason of the rehea●sal of the Copy of the Edict however swel'd with Titles Dominions and Honours notwithstanding all that they can say of them and do by them must come to bow to him whom in their hearts they despise and seek to trample his Worship and Worshippers under foot who is a Spirit and will be worshipped in Spirit and Truth Great calamities attended the Roman Empire whilst their rage was The sad consequence of these persecutions to the Roman Empire and the forbearance of them great against the Christians whilst they imposed the Worship of their Heathen Godds and destroyed all those who could not bow down unto nor worship them which when they forbore and left to these who worshipped the Lord to worship him according to his Spirit not according to their Law it flourished was safe and increased I should be marvellous large if I should go through those things also in particular The rebellious invasions divisions amongst themselves Plagues Pestilences Famines Earth-quakes and untimely deaths that befel those Emperors themselves the Lord when he saw time cutting short their race who ordaineth his Arrows against the Persecutor notwithstanding that he saw it good also to suffer those things to be to prevent greater The end of the Lord to the Christians in suffering these persecutions mischiefs amongst the Christians and to give testimony before all the World of his Power that was in them wonderfully to carry them through whatsoever was laid upon them for the testimony unto his Name For the Christians when a little ease and liberty befel them and the Hand of the Lord so wrought that instead of being cast out like Dogs